A Very Serious Person
2006 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 447 VOTES · DIR. Charles Busch
Overview
Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil. Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast as a mentor to Gil in having to prepare the sensitive boy for life with his cousins in Florida after his grandmother's death.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,343 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:17 Gil! It's time for breakfast!
00:08:22 Yes. Who are you?
00:11:53 which is practically nothing. I'll fix the breakfast!
00:15:54 All right, all ready! I'm tired of hearing about it.
00:20:08 Come on! Watch the movie with me!
00:23:56 I'm interested in conversation, not an interrogation.
00:27:04 Kick your feet more - little, gentle kicks.
00:30:34 How long will this go on?
00:34:13 He's a couple of years older than Gil.
00:38:41 We didn't go out.
00:43:00 I don't think you should deny him that.
00:45:43 Why is it necessary to walk around every day
00:48:22 What the hell am I trying to say?
00:51:42 But you see, up till now she's only been
00:54:35 And yet you encourage this this camp behavior.
00:57:43 I like pretty things, and making stuff
01:01:20 Jan, you're giving the poor girl the third degree.
01:06:16 You were like the star of the Aquacade.
01:09:46 Just listen!
01:13:19 if you removed your hairpiece.
01:21:12 I don't have an address.
01:24:25 Ja.
01:27:38 You know what I mean.
01:32:20 I hope you find more than five minutes of happiness!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,343
Dialogue density14.1 lines / min
First line00:04:17
Final line01:32:20
Production Record
DirectorCharles Busch
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes447